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UNITED STATES 'PATENT trice.

HENRY VIRE, OF YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

HlTCHlNC-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,832, datedSeptember 1, 1896.

Application 'filed October 18, 1895k Serial No. 566,08 7. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HENRY WIRE, a citizen of the United States, residingat York, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in HitchingPosts; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappert-ains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbitching-posts, and it has for its object, among others, to provide asimple and cheap construction whereby the post may be readily set in anydesired position, as, for instance, over a gutter or on any kind of apavement, and which Will serve to readily permit of the attachment of ahorse. A pivoted yoke is provided, on the arms of Which are adjustableor sliding Weights. The arm to which the animal is to be attached ismounted to slide in this yoke and is provided with a spring actingthereon.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear,and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in theappended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings,which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of thisspeciiication, and in Which- Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved bitching-post complete. Fig. 2 is a sectional vievr of the yokeand its support.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates apost or support designed to be secured in any required position, and forthis purpose I provide the rectangular base A at the corners withrecesses a and with the guide-strips a', in Which recesses and guided bywhich strips are the legs or arms B, their lower ends being flanged, asshown at b, and their upper ends provided with longitudinal slots b. Inthe slots Work the screws C, which are designed to be adjusted thereinto regulate the height of the post. It will thus be seen that the postcan be readily secured in lany desired position,

and may be placed directly over a gutter, if required.

On the post near its upper end is secured a plate D, which is providedat opposite ends With the ears d, the body portion of the plate beingprovided With longitudinal slots d', through Which pass the screws D,which adj ustably hold the said plate to the post.

E is a shaft mounted for rotation in these ears or lugs on the plate,and mounted on the extended ends of said rod or shaft is the yoke F,having a tubular extension F', through Which passes the rod G, mountedto slide therein and having connected with its outer end a chain or ropeH for the attachment of the horse. This rod slides through the archedbrace H', connecting the arms of the yoke, the inner end of the rodbeing headed, as shown, and between this head and the arched brace isarranged a coiled spring I. The arms of the yoke are extended beyond theshaft on which it is mounted, and on these extensions are mounted toslide the Weights K, any suitable means being provided for preventingthe displacement thereof. On the face of the post above the plate justdescribed is a spring-catch M, designed to receive the sliding rod andhold the yoke and its attachments in a vertical position parallel withthe post when not in use. This yoke being pivoted permits of itsnecessary movements and yet assuming its normal position after strain isremoved from the extension thereof, and by reason of the bifurcated endsthe same is allowed to swing past the post A, which it could not do Werethe arms arranged in line With the post, as will be readily understood.

Modifications in detail may be resorted to Without departing from thespirit of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

lVhat is claimed as new is- 1. The combination With a post, of a platesecured thereto, a shaft supported in said plate, a yoke mounted on saidshaft and adapted to have a bitching-strap secured thereto and havingextensions, and Weights slidingly mounted on said extensions,substantially as described.

2. The combination with a post, of a plate roo secured thereto, a shaftsupported in said plate, a yoke mounted on said shaft, and havV ingextensions,and Weights siidingly mounted on said extensions, and aeurved brace anda sliding rod passed therethrough and adapted to have ahitehing-strap secured thereto, substantially as described.

3. The combination with the post and a plate thereon, of a shaft mountedin said plate, a yoke mounted on said shaft and hav ing extensions,atubular portion,and a curved brace, a rod mounted to slide through saidtubular portion and brace and adapted to have a hitohing-strap securedthereto, a

spring between the inner end of the rod and 15 the brace, and Weightsslidingly mounted on the extensions of the yoke, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof 1 Ahave signed this specification inthe presence oftwo subserib- 2o ing Witnesses.

HENRY WIRE. f

Witnesses: t

EDWIN M. SNYDER, WILLIAM AXE.

